Two sponsored lecture halls for Saab at Maarintie 8
Companies can support the university's activities and develop their employer brand among students by sponsoring lecture halls. In exchange for an annual fee, the company may name a lecture hall and influence its interior design.
Travel Support Services during summer 2020
Travel support team's opening hours and services during summer 2020.
Join now in a circular economy challenge competition, deadline 20.8.2020
The competition is open to all from Aalto University, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and VTT.
Apply now for the Aalto Ventures Program online summer course
Aalto Ventures Program offers you an online summer course, where participants from around the world come together to create multidimensional experiences. During three weeks of intensive teamwork, you will go from an idea to a validated sustainable business concept, learn by doing, and get to know and understand the startup culture. Throughout the course, you will be working efficiently in an internationally distributed team and using various digital, interactive tools, which will ensure a valuable and enjoyable learning process.
Four corona-related projects received special funding from the Academy of Finland
The projects study the coronavirus, the pandemic and its effects on society. The total amount granted to the four Aalto projects is 730 000 euros.
Invention by a Finnish start-up speeds up coronavirus testing
Xfold Imaging Oy, founded by researchers from Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, has developed a nanocoated glass slide that makes microscopes dozens of times more accurate. It enables the identifying of coronavirus from a sample up to one day earlier compared to current technology.
New collaboration with researchers in Moscow to study impact of cultural background on brain activity
Iiro Jääskeläinen receives funding from the Russian mega-grant programme to study how cultural background affects thinking and emotions
Researchers are developing a mobile MRI that could fit in a van instead of a lorry
The new technology will be a great boost for healthcare, especially in in hard to access emergency areas. There is also a lot of potential for use in the the wellness sector.
Reaching a wider audience with entrepreneurial skills via online learning
Reflections on being a Aalto Online Learning pilot.
Updated safety instructions for campus facilities
Instructions are for laboratory and research, classrooms and exams, and students.
Student project investigated new solar business models for Helen
The students impressed with their professionalism.
Students researched the electric vehicle charging market for Helen
The company also got ideas for business models and an analysis on how COVID-19 affects the market.
Teacher, participate to a Teacher feedback survey and research on experiences of remote teaching
Learning services conducts a survey and a research on remote teaching experiences, digital tools used in teaching and support services offered during the force majeure situation. You can participate to a survey once you get familiar with the privacy notice of the survey and research first: https://wiki.aalto.fi/x/7oxPCg
Security issue of iPhone and iPad products' Mail applications solved
Update 26.5.2020: Apple has released iOS updates (13.5 and 12.4.7) that fix this issue.
Disable the Mail application on your Apple devices and use Webmail https://mail.aalto.fi/ or the workstation's e-mail software to read your Aalto emails.
Disable the Mail application on your Apple devices and use Webmail https://mail.aalto.fi/ or the workstation's e-mail software to read your Aalto emails.
Design Inside brings design education to all Aalto students
Design offers tools and new perspectives that would not be found otherwise. . It can help make a difference in every field. That is why Aalto University wants all students to have access to design education.
You need to update Zoom client software to version 5.0.x. before 30 May
Starting 30 May, with the older versions of Zoom you will not be able to join meetings.
Sixth report by the Helsinki GSE Situation Room: Compared to last year, over 100,000 people more have applied for unemployment benefit from Kela
The report is presented at an open access webinar in Zoom on Thursday, 28 May at 8 am.
AAC approves new degree structures ahead of degree regulations reform
A proposal on new degree structures, which was first discussed at the University Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) meeting of 19 May 2020, was passed at the AAC meeting of 25 May 2020.
TEE 2020 – Peer review of the degree programmes starting in May
The Teaching and Learning Evaluation Exercise (TEE) 2020 has proceeded to a phase where the self-evaluations of the degree programmes are being completed with a deadline at the end of May.
